Accident repairs

Post by **Mogwai** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:26 pm

Some of you may already know but In December I had the misfortune to have a transit pull out of a side road in front of me & wrecking the front of my car
The insurance co have now payed me off & i got on with repairing it a few weeks ago. Luckily Ive been allowed to do it at on the ramp at work on Saturday mornings

& when the boss isn't looking

so here are a few pics of progress made

All the damage was quite high up so the chassis legs were untouched its just bent the flitch, inner wing & the corner of the tie plate where the bumper iron mounts

cut out flitch extension & straightened out the inner wing

This is as far as Ive got at the moment. The intention is to bolt the panels on roughly with the minimum bolts so it can be motd & driven to the painters & easily dismantled again when there for spraying

Post by **Dean** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:01 pm

I'm glad everything is almost back to normal for you. Looking at the pictures, it's hard to believe a transit could have done so much damage.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:16 pm

Well done ! The additional front tele dampers are well shown too.

Post by **youngun** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:35 pm

Good looking repairs,I hope the insurance pay-out was satisfactory as well. Some of them can be very very dodgy with classic cars......

yg

Post by **toginthemog** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:47 pm

you just wait till its done [god it feels good] well done

Post by **Mogwai** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:40 pm

Cheers all
The insurance claim went through smoothly, I have an agreed value policy with footman James which will easily cover the cost of repairs

Post by **Onne** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:48 pm

Good to see that she is on the way to recovery.

It´s such a nice car (and it goes well too!)

Post by **Matt** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:35 pm

Im surprised you were allowed to do that given where you work!

Looking good though and quick too!

Post by **Mogwai** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:04 pm

They're OK about me working on it as long as its in my in my own time. I did the bulk of it on sat mornings & a few lunch breaks etc

Post by **Mogwai** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:54 pm

Got a bit more done this week, the bonnet is now on & the headlights wired back in, will see if I can get it in for an MOT sometime this week

Post by **Matt** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:58 pm

Are you going to have to ask DVLA for the logbook back etc?

Post by **Mogwai** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:01 pm

No I kept the logbook it was just the MOT that was voided

Post by **Sidney'61** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:27 pm

Impressive work rate, well done

Post by **ferret76** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:01 am

Nice job.

Post by **Mogwai** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:18 pm

Passed the MOT today

now just need to sort out a date for painting

Post by **jonathon** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:35 pm

Well done, and saved.
Did you check the water pump was ok. We had a very similar accident repair to do and the pump was wrecked. Also the engine and box had been shunted rearwards onto the steering rack, which in turn bent the floor/bulkhead up.
I'm sure you may have checked, but sometimes these knocks show themselves up in places you do not realise

Hope the painting goes well

Post by **Mogwai** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:33 pm

The water pump seems OK bearings quiet & pulley running true but I will be keeping an eye on it for a while
Good point about the rack, its working smoothly with no tight spots I'll double check the mounts tomorrow it did bend the gearbox mount cross member down slightly (flimsy 5speed type)but that straightened out OK

Post by **Mogwai** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:40 pm

Its in for painting now, I only went for an estimate but they could start straight away so should be ready in about a week

Post by **Dean** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:50 pm

Great news.

Champers all round in a weeks time then.

Post by **Mogwai** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:50 pm

Update
Its been done for a few weeks now but have finished the repairs to the body feels good to be back on the road again